Somerton is a community and civil parish in the English county of Somerset. It offered its name to the county as well as was briefly, around the beginning of the 14th century, the county town, and also around 900 was possibly the resources of Wessex. It has held a weekly market since the Middle Ages, as well as the major square with its market cross is today an appealing place for site visitors. Situated on the River Cary, about 8.8 miles (14.2 km) north-west of Yeovil, Somerton has its own community council serving a population of 4,697 since 2011. Residents are typically described in your area as Somertonians. The civil parish includes the hamlets of Etsome, Hurcot, Catsgore, as well as Catcombe. The background of Somerton go back to the Anglo-Saxon age, when it was a vital political and industrial centre. After the Norman occupation of England the significance of the community decreased, in spite of being the county town of Somerset in the late thirteenth century and also early fourteenth century. Having lost county town condition, Somerton after that became a market community in the Middle Ages, whose economy was sustained by transportation systems using the River Parrett, and also later rail transportation through the Great Western Railway, as well as by light sectors including glove making and also plaster mining. In the centre of Somerton the vast market square, with its octagonal roofed market cross, is surrounded by old residences, while nearby is the 13th century Church of St Michael and All Angels. Somerton likewise had relate to Muchelney Abbey between Ages. The BBC drama The Monocled Mutineer was shot in Somerton from 1985 to 1986.